A test complaint we’ve wanted to try for quite some time now has been decided (the complaint was not by us nor one of our members). After a landlord has served a 2 months section 21 notice, commonly the tenant will go to the local authority saying they are threatened...

Deregulation Bill update. Retaliatory evictions In December 2014, provisions to prevent retaliatory evictions were inserted into the Deregulation Bill which is the same bill being used to address some of the problems created by the tenancy deposit Superstrike case....

Enforcing HMOs Properly Local authorities must follow their own enforcement policies and cannot depart from them without good reason. Usually this will require the written approval of a senior manager as well. Where they do not do so then it is possible to stop...

Almost nine out of ten (87%) landlords who accept housing benefit tenants have had problems with rent not being paid on time, with one in ten (11%) saying they have had tenants who stopped paying their rent altogether. Out of all landlords, more than half (59%)...

Councils and housing associations to test direct payments of housing cost support Local authority and housing association partnerships are named as the successful volunteers the Government plans to work with on pioneering demonstration projects that will see claimants...

KT Property v Joseph Pritchard Bristol County Court 3 February 2011 This case, although quite rare was in our view certainly interesting and was one that made the mice in our heads revolve on the spinning wheel at great speed and for long periods of time. That being...

This entry is part 8 of 14 in the series Possible defences - section 21 noticesAn extremely common question that arises on our helpline is when a landlord has properly served a valid section 21 notice, the tenant often goes to the housing department of the local...

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